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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2024

A longitudinal study of within-person trajectories in quality of life in patients receiving early palliative care.

Brian P O'Connor, Barbara Pesut

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Brian P O'ConnorUniversity of British Columbia, Okanagan Kelowna, B.C, V1V 1V7, Canada. brian.oconnor@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6033-418X
Barbara PesutUniversity of British Columbia, Okanagan Kelowna, B.C, V1V 1V7, Canada.

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University of British Columbia PW-11-020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo reveal the within-person trajectories in quality of life (QOL) in patients receiving early palliative care. Previous studies have mostly focused aggregated trajectories, based on all research participants combined, whereas this study focused on within-person trajectories in QOL and on whether the variability in QOL trajectories across patients is substantial enough to raise doubts about aggregated trajectories.

methodsTwenty-five older persons in early palliative care completed the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire multiple times. Reliable change analyses provided estimates of the occurrence of statistically significant within-person change.

resultsThere was reliable, within-person variation in QOL scores across time, more so for physical than for psychological aspects of well-being. Changes in QOL scores occurred for most patients but the trajectories were not linear and there was no common trend in the nonlinear patterns.

conclusionsReliable change across time can be identified in persons receiving early palliative care. However, the trajectories are notably variable and patient-specific. The high degrees of within-person variability across time suggests the importance of repeated QOL assessments and of dynamic tailoring of clinical treatments.

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Palliative CareQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesEnd of lifeHealth-related quality of lifeLongitudinal studyPalliativeQuality of lifeReliable change

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